(reuters) -- U.S. President Donald Trump told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday that he intends to shift the U.S. Embassy in Israel to al-Quds, breaking with decades of U.S. policy that the city’s status must be decided in negotiations with the Palestinians.

“The Iraqi government received this news with the utmost worry and warns about this decision’s ramifications on the stability of the region and the world,” the Iraqi cabinet said in a statement.

Abadi and his government joined a mounting chorus of voices saying Trump’s move would unleash turmoil. A senior U.S. official told Reuters last week that Trump was also likely to recognise al-Quds as Israel’s capital.

The European Union, the Palestinian Authority, Turkey, and the Arab League all warned that any such declaration would have repercussions across the Middle East.

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